Bishop William Fraser (Frazer) †

Deceased

Bishop of Arichat, Nova Scotia, Canada

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1779²		Born
8 Jan 1804	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
3 Jun 1825	46.4	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Nova Scotia, Canada
3 Jun 1825	46.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tanis
24 Jun 1827	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tanis
15 Feb 1842	63.1	Appointed	Bishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
27 Sep 1844	65.7	Appointed	Bishop of Arichat, Nova Scotia, Canada
27 Nov 1844	65.9	Installed	Bishop of Arichat, Nova Scotia, Canada
4 Oct 1851	72.7	Died	Bishop of Arichat, Nova Scotia, Canada

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for William Fraser (Frazer)
(WikiData: Q8009359)
Bishop William Fraser (Frazer) (born 1779, died 4 Oct 1851) Bishop of Arichat

Event Place
Birth Place Craskie in Glencannish, Great Britain
Ordained Bishop Antigonish, Vicariate Apostolic of Nova Scotia
Death Place Antigonish, Diocese of Arichat, Nova Scotia
Buried Place (Original) Main Street, Cemetery, Antigonish, Diocese of Arichat, Nova Scotia
Buried Place (Current) Crypt, St. Ninian, Cathedral, Antigonish, Diocese of Arichat, Nova Scotia

a priest for 47.7 years
a bishop for 24.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Aeneas Bernard MacEachern †
Titular Bishop of Rhosus
Assisted by:
Father Vincent de Paul (Jacques) Merle, O.C.S.O.
Priest of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance
Father François-Xavier (Johann Baptist) Kaiser, O.C.S.O.
Priest of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Aeneas Bernard MacEachern † (1821)
Titular Bishop of Rhosus
Archbishop Joseph-Octave Plessis † (1801)
Archbishop of Québec
Bishop Pierre Denaut † (1795)
Bishop of Québec
Bishop Jean-François Hubert † (1786)
Bishop of Québec
Bishop Jean-Olivier Briand † (1766)
Bishop Emeritus of Québec
Bishop Charles-Gilbert de May de Termont † (1753)
Bishop of Blois
Archbishop Christophe de Beaumont du Repaire † (1741)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Louis-Jacques Chapt de Rastignac † (1722)
Archbishop of Tours
Bishop Jean-François Salgues de Valderies de Lescure † (1699)
Bishop of Luçon
Archbishop Louis-Antoine de Noailles † (1679)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop François de Harlay de Champvallon † (1651)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Nicolò Guidi di Bagno † (1644)
Titular Archbishop of Athenae
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Bishop Laudivio Zacchia † (1605)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Clement VIII (1592)
(Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Craskie in Glencannish, Great Britain
Ordained Bishop	Antigonish, Vicariate Apostolic of Nova Scotia
Death Place	Antigonish, Diocese of Arichat, Nova Scotia
Buried Place (Original)	Main Street, Cemetery, Antigonish, Diocese of Arichat, Nova Scotia
Buried Place (Current)	Crypt, St. Ninian, Cathedral, Antigonish, Diocese of Arichat, Nova Scotia

Source(s):

c2: CB
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 89, and Page 210
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 357
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1827, Number 27
loc: CB, 10 Apr 2019
b: Dictionnaire Biographique des Évèques Catholiques du Canada, Page 520, and Page 521
c34: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 254, Additions/Corrections (front)

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